A Taste of Honey - quotes from Scene 1

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Who said "When you start earning you can start moaning."
Helen
1 of 20
Who said "we're supposed to be living off her immoral earnings."
Jo about Helen
2 of 20
Who said "Drink, drink, drink, that's all you're fit for."
Jo to Helen
3 of 20
Who said "It consoles you."
Helen about drinking
4 of 20
Who said "That's the way to do things. If you see something you want, take it."
Helen, about Jo stealing bulbs from the park
5 of 20
Who said "I would never have dared to talk to my mother like that ... She'd have knocked me into the middle of next week."
Helen
6 of 20
Who said "I certainly supervised my own downfall."
Helen
7 of 20
Who said "I'm never at one school long enough to show them anything."
Jo
8 of 20
Who said "I'm not just talented, I'm geniused."
Jo
9 of 20
Who said "The sooner the better. I'm sick of you. You've made my life a misery."
Jo to Helen
10 of 20
Who said "Why should I do anything for you? You never do anything for me."
Jo to Helen
11 of 20
Who said "Did you think you could escape me, dear?"
Peter to Helen
12 of 20
Who said "I can't afford to be so classy."
Helen about the flat
13 of 20
Who called Jo "a snotty-nosed daughter."
Peter
14 of 20
Who said "The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence."
Helen to Peter
15 of 20
Who said "It's not what you've done. It's what I've done."
Helen
16 of 20
Who said "The world is littered with women I've rejected, women still anxious to indulge my little vices and excuse my less seemly virtues."
Peter
17 of 20
Who said "What does the little lady want? An engagement ring."
Peter
18 of 20
Who said "Everything is seen at its best in the dark - including me."
Helen
19 of 20
Who said "I'm not frightened of the darkness outside. It's the darkness inside houses I don't like."
Jo
20 of 20

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Card 2

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Who said "we're supposed to be living off her immoral earnings."

Back

Jo about Helen

Card 3

Front

Who said "Drink, drink, drink, that's all you're fit for."

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Who said "It consoles you."

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Who said "That's the way to do things. If you see something you want, take it."

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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